LATERAL

THINKING
PUZZLES
A father and his son are in a car
crash. The father is killed and the
child is taken to hospital gravely
injured. When he gets there, the
surgeon says, 'I can't operate on
this boy - for he is my son!!!'
How can this possibly be?
Answer:

The surgeon cannot operate

on her own son; she is his
mother.)
There are six eggs in the
basket. Six people each
take one of the eggs.
How can it be that one
egg is left in the basket?
Answer:

The last person took the

basket with the last egg
still inside.
Acting on an anonymous phone call, the
police raid a house to arrest a suspected
murderer. They don't know what he looks
like but they know his name is John and
that he is inside the house. The police
bust in on a carpenter, a lorry driver, a
mechanic and a fireman all playing poker.
Without hesitation or communication of
any kind, they immediately arrest the
fireman. How do they know they've got
their man?
Answer:

The fireman is the only

man in the room. The
rest of the poker players
are women.
How could a baby fall out
of a twenty-story
building onto the ground
and live?
Answer:

The baby fell out of a

ground floor window.
As you were thinking of solutions to
the puzzles, what was going on inside
you? What organ was working?

A wrinkled, pinkish-gray, three-

pound organ that is primarily
composed of fat and water and goes
by the name of brain.
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DOMIN
ANCE
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